NEWS
October 18, 1999
Black and Latino students lag behind white and Asian students academically-- even when they come from similarly privileged backgrounds, according to a report released Sunday. Surveying data going back to the 1960s, the report by the New York-based College Board, which administers the SAT, found that academic underachievement among black and Latino students begins in the earliest grades and persists all the way into higher education.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
September 22, 1999 | RICHARD LEE COLVIN
A class-action lawsuit filed in Los Angeles this summer made some disturbing allegations. It said many African American and Latino students in California don't even have a shot at getting into the state's most prestigious public universities because their schools don't offer enough Advanced Placement classes. Those highly demanding courses are more crucial than ever these days.
NEWS
May 25, 1999 | KATHRYN BOLD
The event: Dinner and informal modeling of Asian-inspired fashions at the Bowers Museum of Cultural Art in Santa Ana. Saturday's benefit was staged by Medellas (Medical, Dental and Legal Ladies Society of Orange County), a women's philanthropic organization. Members raised funds for the Bowers' Asian educational programs. Fabric art: More than 250 guests dined on sesame-encrusted chicken breast with ginger glaze and other exotic Asian-Californian fare at the museum's Topaz Cafe.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
March 24, 1999
The National Assessment of Educational Progress found that only 20% of California's fourth-graders were deemed proficient readers last year, meaning they had a solid command of challenging course work. The exam revealed that white and Asian students outperformed their black and Latino counterparts, a gap that remained constant over a six-year span. And girls consistently did better than boys.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
October 11, 1998 | MICHAEL LUO, TIMES STAFF WRITER
At 8:50 a.m. every Saturday in San Marino, students rise on command in their classrooms and bow in unison to their teacher. "Lao shi hao!" they say together. "Greetings, teacher!" The students take their seats and listen to their weekly lesson on ethical values, then settle in for three hours of language drilling and memorization.
NEWS
June 8, 1998 | TINI TRAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
In the beginning, they were four teachers and 30 children who gathered every week in a small rented schoolroom. These days, the clanging of a hand-held brass bell summons 1,000 youngsters, ages 5 to 18, to Sunday mornings at the Irvine Chinese School, which has mushroomed over the past 22 years into the largest Chinese cultural school in Southern California.